Indian Territory

originally belonged to the Indians, also known as Native Americans. Already having lost land to the white settlers, some tribes dreaded the news of the revolutionary war against the British, as they were afraid that the American Revolution would lead to more loss of land. Another reason may be linked to the idea of a “noble savage.” Some settlers, such as Thomas Jefferson believed that Indians could vindicate themselves if they lived and adapted to the ways of the white man. The Indians were not interested

Indian Removal Looking throughout the overwhelming events the American Revolution had on everyone involved, allows us to examine how the governments’ policies toward the Indians changed over time. It shows how the policy changes effected the Indians as well as the Americans’, their attitudes toward each other as the American’s pushed westward and the Indians resisted. Then the actions on both sides which lead up to the final removal of all Indians to west of the Mississippi in 1830’s. The government

Wales” was directed and starred in by Clint Eastwood. It is The setting is in the latter years of the Civil war up to the war’s conclusion. It was created along the western front, on the Kansas/Missouri border and proceeds south through Oklahoma (Indian Country) finally, climaxing in Texas. After doing extensive research, the film is found to be accurate in portraying the mindsets, climate and historical people and events in America. More specifically, as it relates to the Union and Confederate

European Exploration of the Indian Territory Exploration of the “New World” and the Indian Territory can be summed down to one major component, greed. Greed for power. Greed for gold. Greed for pocket lining commerce. Greed for allies. Greed for more souls to serve the Christian God. Greed for more land. Greed to protect what they have conquered. All different, but all from the same root. The Indian Territory is touched by all forms of this greed, and the approach maybe different but both brought

Indian Removal Looking throughout the overwhelming events the American Revolution had on everyone involved, allows us to examine how the governments’ policies toward the Indians changed over time. It shows how the policy changes effected the Indians as well as the Americans’, their attitudes toward each other as the American’s pushed westward and the Indians resisted. Then the actions on both sides which lead up to the final removal of all Indians to west of the Mississippi in 1830’s. The government

Americans Even preceding his fame from presidency, Andrew Jackson was known for his opposition to American Indians. And although this connotation is assigned to Jackson’s attitude towards the Natives during the decades before he became President, his dominant goal was to maintain the security of the United States. As a military man, he was depicted as a zealous supporter of the removal of the Indians. Once he was in Office, the story goes, he utilized his newly acquired power to extract the Natives from

 The major claim of the author: the central claim of LaDuke in this article is that the monumental destruction and devaluation of Indian land and its ecosystem over time invariably affects the cultural, social, economic, and political fabric of a community. LaDuke set out to chronicle the historical struggle and fight that has been a part of the life of an Indian, and still is today. In her article, one of her claims is that “the ongoing relationship between indigenous culture and the land is central

Civil War in Indian Territory Imagine living in a time where the world around you was pure chaos. Brother fought brother and thousands of American lives were lost. People suffered all over the country; however, no other group of people suffered more than the Indians in Indian Territory. The Civil War in Indian Territory, which broke apart families and caused Indians to fight one another, changed Indian lives forever. All tribes in Indian Territory were involved in the Civil War. In the beginning

The Fur Trade Period in the Indian Territory Images of rough faced, Grizzly Bear fighting, firewater drinking, yarn spinning, frontiersmen form in the minds eye. Wild men for wild times! To a degree this image is true, but the fur trade was more than wild men. The fur trade was a business, conducted by businessmen. The wilder men living on the frontier chose trapping. Fashion created the fur trade as businessmen sought to satisfy the tastes of designers and customers back east and in Europe

within Indian Territory were fresh. Yet, the presence of Indian Territory changed drastically between 1865 and 1889, because of the “Second Trail of Tears”, the unrest of the Southern Plains tribes of western Indian Territory, and the impact of U.S. Polices on Indian Territory. The Indian Nations lost nearly half their land due to the Reconstruction treaties of 1866, which required the land lost to be used for resettlement of more Indian tribes. Indian populations within Indian Territory did not